2023
Global HIV control: is the glass half empty or half full?
Nachega J, Musoke P, Kilmarx P, Gandhi M, Grinsztejn B, Pozniak A, Rawat A, Wilson L, Mills E, Altice F, Mellors J, Quinn T. Global HIV control: is the glass half empty or half full? The Lancet HIV 2023, 10: e617-e622. PMID: 37506723, PMCID: PMC10733629, DOI: 10.1016/s2352-3018(23)00150-9.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Cost‐effectiveness of expanding the capacity of opioid agonist treatment in Ukraine: dynamic modeling analysis
Morozova O, Crawford FW, Cohen T, Paltiel AD, Altice FL. Cost‐effectiveness of expanding the capacity of opioid agonist treatment in Ukraine: dynamic modeling analysis. Addiction 2019, 115: 437-450. PMID: 31478285, PMCID: PMC7015766, DOI: 10.1111/add.14797.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist treatmentOpioid use disorderOAT coverageAgonist treatmentGross domestic productOpioid use initiationOpioid addiction epidemicOAT accessHIV epidemicUse disordersAddiction epidemicCapita gross domestic productPay thresholdsTreatment demandUse initiationAddiction treatmentIncremental costBaseline capacityTreatmentPotential peer effectsDomestic productTreatment spilloversEpidemicPeer effectsCoverage levelsHIV, Drug Injection, and Harm Reduction Trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Implications for International and Domestic Policy
LaMonaca K, Dumchev K, Dvoriak S, Azbel L, Morozova O, Altice FL. HIV, Drug Injection, and Harm Reduction Trends in Eastern Europe and Central Asia: Implications for International and Domestic Policy. Current Psychiatry Reports 2019, 21: 47. PMID: 31161306, PMCID: PMC6685549, DOI: 10.1007/s11920-019-1038-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOpioid agonist therapySyringe services programDrug injectionAntiretroviral therapyHIV epidemicEvidence-based HIV prevention strategiesNew HIV casesHIV prevention strategiesHarm reduction programsAgonist therapyHIV incidenceHIV casesRecent FindingsThoughPrevention strategiesSexual partnersHIVInjectionTherapyReduction programsEpidemicPunitive drug lawsService programsMortalityCliniciansIncidence
2016
Retrospective Analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia.
Atkins KE, Pandey A, Wenzel NS, Skrip L, Yamin D, Nyenswah TG, Fallah M, Bawo L, Medlock J, Altice FL, Townsend J, Ndeffo-Mbah ML, Galvani AP. Retrospective Analysis of the 2014-2015 Ebola Epidemic in Liberia. American Journal Of Tropical Medicine And Hygiene 2016, 94: 833-9. PMID: 26928839, PMCID: PMC4824226, DOI: 10.4269/ajtmh.15-0328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCommunity transmissionEbola epidemicHospital transmissionAsymptomatic infectionImmune individualsRetrospective analysisEpidemiological dataUnreported casesDisease controlEbola dynamicsHospital capacityEpidemic patternsEbola incidenceFuture outbreaksPresence of interventionsEpidemicLiberian countiesTransmission reductionInfectionDiseaseIncidence
2015
HIV Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur Recruited Using Respondent-Driven Sampling
Bazazi AR, Crawford F, Zelenev A, Heimer R, Kamarulzaman A, Altice FL. HIV Prevalence Among People Who Inject Drugs in Greater Kuala Lumpur Recruited Using Respondent-Driven Sampling. AIDS And Behavior 2015, 19: 2347-2357. PMID: 26358544, PMCID: PMC4743744, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-015-1191-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV prevalenceHIV epidemicPrevention interventionsRapid HIV testingHIV prevention interventionsRespondent-driven samplingHIV testingAppropriate treatmentHigh prevalencePWIDCommunity surveillanceKuala LumpurPrevalenceBehavioral assessmentOverall sampleDrugsInterventionRecruitment sitesEpidemicInterview siteHIVGeographic regionsGreater Kuala LumpurDiscrete geographic regionsLumpurUnder-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics
Atkins KE, Wenzel NS, Ndeffo-Mbah M, Altice FL, Townsend JP, Galvani AP. Under-reporting and case fatality estimates for emerging epidemics. The BMJ 2015, 350: h1115. PMID: 25779635, PMCID: PMC4707560, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h1115.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2014
HIV Drug Therapy in the Americas 8–10 May 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
de Mesquita Fábio C, Pati P, de Barros Clarissa H, Juliana M, Taques D, Larissa D, de Freitas Marcelo A, Nestor S, Peter R, William P, Omar S, Andrew R, Dechao W, Peter R, Ard V, Raph H, Carl M, Robin W, Brian G, Julio M, Clifford L, Brendan L, Trevor H, Cal C, David W, Jose A, Keith H, Mark B, William T, Will G, Danielle P, Ivan W, Luis G, Valeska S, Waldo B, Federico A, Leandro K, Jorge S, Alberto L, Gabriela R, Jorge A, Marcelo L, Lynne M, Rosa B, Marinella D, Maria M, Margot K, Célia S, Letícia C, Ivete G, Laura F, Marcelo S, Marcelo G, Rosana F, Rohan H, Robert B, Isabel C, Jose V, Ivanka K, Antonella D, Fiona M, Anna S, He X, Woodie Z, Jean V, Marisol M, Andrew P, Jorge S, Luis S, Pedro C, Frederick A, Luis J, Felipe U, Patricia I, Veronica R, Yazmin M, Andrea G, Adriana V, Patricia U, Carlos M, Mark N, Juan S, Sobhie D, Anton P, Massimo G, Roy G, Daniel K, Brenda C, Yanink C, Sosa‐Rubi S, Ada K, Juan S, Raul O, Alondra L, Sergio B, David M, Luz P, Sobieszczyk M, Lake J, Clark J, Campos D, Veloso V, Moreira R, Cardoso S, Klausner J, Beatriz G, Robert P, Jesus C, Andrea G, Ubaldo R, Hamid V, Arantxa C, Víctor R, Gabriela H, Jeremy C, Alejandra C, Nitzia L, Claudia R, Steven D, Andrea G, Segundo L, Kelika K, Klausner J, Thomas C, Carlos C, Evaldo O, Letiano S, Roseane L, Luisa A, Jairo C, Leila S, Laine P, Lemos J, Oliveira‐Filho A, Vallinoto A, Carlos C, Ubaldo R, Andrea G, Oliveira‐Filho A, Suzy P, Marcelo P, Renata H, Eduardo A, MC Maradei‐Pereira L, Angelo C, Lemos J, Fernanda R, Marcelo W, Cortes C, Marcelo P, Lima D, Eduardo A, MC Maradei‐Pereira L, Lemos J, Oliveira‐Filho A, Steven D, Andrea G, Nathalie G, Maribel R, Susanna N, Mark S, Jacob L, Jeffrey F, Karam M, Margaret S, Annie L, David A, Anuj G, Liyun N, Evguenia S, William S, John M, Douglas D, Mariana K, Guillermo V, Javier T, Marcelo L, Robert P, Luis G, Alejandro F, Natalia G, Carlos T, Panagiotis C, Konstantina C, Eleni F, Panagiotis M, Ioannis M, Dimitra P, Drosos K, Georgios C, Carlos Y, Maribel A, Gabriela S, Condori E, Daniel S, Fanny C, Ada V, Soledad R, Irene F, Erica S, Silvina I, Alejandro H, Marcelo L, Patricia B, Lelia A, Marta F, Lisete D, Luiza N, Diana A, Rafael A, Hélder M, Luiza N, Lisete D, Lorena M, Rafael A, Hélder M, Trevor H, Rafael C, David W, Cal C, Joel G, Anthony M, Paul S, Andrew Z, Liu H, White K, Rhee M, Javier S, Nathan C, Jean‐Michel M, Keith H, Joe G, Rockstroh J, Edwin D, Xuelian W, White K, Fordyce M, Rhee M, Javier S, Vida R, Brenda C, Yanink C, Juan S, Victor R, Hamid V, Gabriela H, Jeremy C, Anita S, Robertino M, Leslie N, David M, Keith R, Rima K, Abram M, Rhee M, Fordyce M, Javier S, Miller M, White K, Rodrigo P, Clara F, Paula L, Cerdeira S, Busch M, Saeed S, Silvia K, Emiliano B, Natalia A, Gonzalo C, Gabriela B, De Leon J, Analia C, Gladys A, Cristina G, Pierina D, Marwan A, Moraima M, Martin C, Marbelys H, Mario C, Yajaira R, Anselmo R, Graciela L, Leopoldo D, Miguel M, Rafael N, Maricruz R, Cristina G, Gladys A, Pierina D, Marbelys H, Héctor R, Domingo G, Flor P, Rafael N, Eugenia P, Alejandra M, Camila M, Fernanda N, Andres G, Carlos G, Edwin D, Jason F, Anton P, Antonio A, Pere D, Will G, Thai N, David S, Doug C, Jose A, Joseph G, Ramin E, L W, Thai N, Emiliano B, Cynthia B, Carlos F. HIV Drug Therapy in the Americas 8–10 May 2014, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2014, 17: 19180. PMID: 24815847, PMCID: PMC4015307, DOI: 10.7448/ias.17.2.19180.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV/AIDS epidemicAIDS epidemicHIV health care servicesCurrent HIV/AIDS epidemicNotifiable Diseases Information SystemViral load suppressionMortality Information SystemHealth care servicesHIV/AIDSCD4 countVL suppressionHIV transmissionCare servicesEpidemicTreatmentSuppressionSocial disparitiesHIVRegional differencesAIDSCorrelates of HIV infection and being unaware of HIV status among soon‐to‐be‐released Ukrainian prisoners
Azbel L, Wickersham JA, Grishaev Y, Dvoryak S, Altice FL. Correlates of HIV infection and being unaware of HIV status among soon‐to‐be‐released Ukrainian prisoners. Journal Of The International AIDS Society 2014, 17: 19005. PMID: 25216073, PMCID: PMC4161962, DOI: 10.7448/ias.17.1.19005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV infectionHIV testingHIV statusHIV epidemicDrug-related HIV risk behaviorsRisk-based HIV testingHIV risk behaviorsAntiretroviral therapyHIV-positiveHIV transmissionOpioid substitutionIndependent correlatesDrug injectionFemale genderHealth SurveySerological testingPrevious incarcerationRisk behaviorsDisproportionate burdenHIVInfectionEpidemicUkrainian prisonsCorrelatesStatus